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...cuts cross pressured all of the GOP groups," said a top Republican lobbyist who described Obama's transition as "brilliant." "How do groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or the National Association of Manufacturers come out against them? He very quickly picked off all the important interest groups and locked in a lot of votes with those proposals...
...worked mostly in the States, has a lovely gravity otherwise missing from the enterprise. And it's always great to see Liu, who bounded onto the Hong Kong screen as the head-shaved star of such '70s action classics as Challenge of the Masters and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; his lingering impact in these roles led ex-fanboy Quentin Tarantino to cast him as a mob potentate in Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and as the white-bearded Pai Mei in Kill Bill Vol. 2. Now in his early 50s, Liu still looks sinewy topless. This time his chief weapon...
...Where to Buy A few blocks from the National Constitution Center, you'll find good shopping in the Old City, which the neighborhood's chamber of commerce has cheesily (if accurately) branded "hipstoric." This is where Benjamin Franklin used to live - his house was torn down long ago, but many 18th century townhomes survive. The area's mostly 19th century factories and warehouses have been transformed into cafés, galleries and shops such as Minima (www.minima.us), where the trove of gorgeous furniture includes Cappellini's must-have lacquered Uni cabinets and an elegant, eco-friendly credenza made from bamboo...
...Leonard Rosenman, 83, was writing chamber music when a young actor named James Dean helped him get jobs writing the scores for East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause. He won Oscars in consecutive years for Barry Lyndon and Bound for Glory. Rosenman's themes for movies (Fantastic Voyage) and TV (Combat!) were more hummable than dramatic. It was just the opposite for the theme that Alexander Courage wrote for the original Star Trek series, or the jaunty whistling jingle that Earle Hagen composed for The Andy Griffith Show. (In a more serious, romantic vein, Hagen wrote Harlem Nocturne...
...infrastructure and the programs to temporarily help individuals, to temporarily [help] companies, if all of this becomes bureaucratic institutions that are in place from now until forever, we're in trouble," says Thomas Donahue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents more than 3 million businesses. "You stop and think of some of these things and you say, 'All right, that's just for two years.' Well, who's going to be in charge two years from now, saying 'We're not doing that anymore...